Garment



July 30, 1 929.

R. H. KERR GARMENT 2 Sheets-Shed Filed Jan. 19, 1928 .5 09 fif/Yerr .4

July 30, 1929. R. H. KERR GARMENT Filed Jan. 19, 1928 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 I,lh I I v 10 thereof of the wearer, reason that it is cold and give thThe structure 0 warm,

Patented July 30, 19 29.

UNITED STATES BOY E. KERR, OI STILLWATER, MINNESOTA, ASSIGNOR TO KUFACTUBING COMPANY, OF STILLWATER, MINNESOTA, A CORPO My inventionrelates to a garment for GARMENT.

Application filed January it, was. Serial no. stanza OFFICE.

OLIAINER'NEWMAN .MAN-

RATION 0F DELA- sport or outdoor wear, and has for its obwith theexception that a portion of the coat light coat.

The 'erkin, while ve us to the. knit whi h snugly fits about the waistis not very practical for the too short, and the above of coat, while ofthe desired length,

warm

bottom portion on of such a garment to take. is broken away andsectioned to show the e so-called jerkin, which has vest section; y p vFig. 4 is an inside view with the coat and lower vest section spread outflat;

. Fig. 5.is a fragmentary detail view in secpractical' and tion taken onthe line 55 of Fig. 1; and

Fig. 6 is a fragmentary detail view in section taken on the line 6-6 ofFig. 2.

The improved garment comprises a coat 7 having therein a Lower vestsection 8.

Said coat 7, as shown, is of the so-called is not as warm as a garmenthaving a stag shirt or coat type and is rovided with open bottom thereofThe improved any desired type lower vest section en bottom of the coatto e coat the necessary warmth.

knitted bottom portion, on account o'i the a cape 9 com rising chest anhack sections that are stitc ed to the coat 7 except at their lower'edgeswhich are loose and terminate below the armholes in said coat. VThe vest section 8 is attached to the coat tion which combines withthecoat a of 7 by having its upper edge portions stitched the advantages ofthe jerkin bly closing the thereto at 10 throughout its entire lengtheep out the and it is important to note that these stitches 10 are abovethe lower edge portion of the A f my improved garment is cape 9 and areentirely covered thereby exsuch that when the coat is buttoned, the ceptfor short-s aces between the back and vest section thereof isv'entirelycovered and chest sections 0 the cape 9 and at outward cannot be seesection are un '30 such as to draw the flaps edge portions of said chestsections. a The. v'estsection 8 has a knitted bottom knitted bottomportion of the vest section is 11 which is normally contracted an holdsthereof "back so the flaps of the vest sections 8 drawn back,

rtion that they are out of the way and cannot be as shown in Fig. 3. Theflaps of the vest Y section 8 are provided with separable fasseen.

In case the improved garment is too teners in the the vest sectionthereof may unbuttoned. Said garment,

be left holes 12. while very orm of buttons and button- When. the best;section 8 is buttoned neat and of great warmth, 1s not bulky or aroundthe wearer, the knitted bottom poruncomfortable to wear.

To the above end, enerall invention consists of t e nove devices and 40combinations of. devices hereinafter described'and defined inthe claims.

7 tion 11 thereof is stretched so as tovform a stated, the snu fit. Itwill be noted that the flaps of t e vest sections 8 terminate inward ofthe fla s of the coat 7 and that the lower edge 0 the knitted bottom 11is above the In the accompanying drawings, which illower edge of thecoat 7 so when the coat is lustrate the invention, like characters indibuttoned, as shown in Fig. 1, the vest seccate like parts throughout theseveral views.- tion 8 cannot be seen Referring to the drawings:

and is completely covered by the coat 7. When the coat 7 and Fig-1 is afront view of the improved vest section 8 are unbuttoned, the tension onthe knitted bottom portion of the vest secgarment Fig. 2 is a back viewof the same;

tion 8 draws the flap of said vest section back out of the way wherethey cannot be seen as they are entirely coveredby the coat.

What I claim is:

1. A. coat having an inner annular vest section of such length and shapeas to snugly embrace the body of the wearer for a substantial verticalextent, said vest section having its upper edge portion attached to theinner surface of the coat, and means attached to the outer surface'ofthe coat to overlay the connection between the coat and vest.

2. A coat having an inner annular vest section of such length and shapeas to snugly embrace the body of the wearer for a substantiall verticalextent, said vest section having its upper edge portion attached to thecoat, separable fasteners for the ends of the vest section, and acircumferentially elastic bottom portion on said vest for sealing thelower ed e of the vest with the body of the wearer w en the ends of thevest are fastened.

3. A garment having a lower portion formed to fit loosely about the bodyof the wearer and a snug fitting body encircling member beneath theloose fitting portion of the garment, said snug fitting bodyencirclingmember having its upper edge portion attached to the innersurface ofthe garment and having its lower edge portion formed ofmaterial of reater elasticity than said upper portion w ereby said loweredge portion will snuglyengage the body of the wearer.

In testimony whereof I afiix m signature.

' ROY KERR.

